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xenophanean) wrote2008-06-29 03:41 am
xenophanean) wrote2008-06-29 03:41 am
Intelligent Design
Ok, here's one which no-one's been able to adequately explain to me:
A person/thing wakes up in a universe. He/she/it doesn't understand, or know the universe, but does know three things (for absolutely certain, really knows, they're True, (rules of the universe, what one might call 'divine knowledge')):
1) That this is the only universe
2) That he/she/it is the only possible conscious being
3) That this is the only possible universe that he/she/it could have existed in.
Is said individual right to think that there is some sort of creator/ceative urge who wanted/required him/her/it in it?
I'm told that the answer is No. I'm prepared to accept that he/she/it just doesn't know, not enough info.
I'd really like to be convinced of Yes or No. But I'd also like get an explanation of what "not enough info" means in this case too.
A person/thing wakes up in a universe. He/she/it doesn't understand, or know the universe, but does know three things (for absolutely certain, really knows, they're True, (rules of the universe, what one might call 'divine knowledge')):
1) That this is the only universe
2) That he/she/it is the only possible conscious being
3) That this is the only possible universe that he/she/it could have existed in.
Is said individual right to think that there is some sort of creator/ceative urge who wanted/required him/her/it in it?
I'm told that the answer is No. I'm prepared to accept that he/she/it just doesn't know, not enough info.
I'd really like to be convinced of Yes or No. But I'd also like get an explanation of what "not enough info" means in this case too.
no subject
It does make certain things a lot less likely, of course. And I find pretty much all of the conceptions I've run into pretty darn silly. But that doesn't mean it's impossible.